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Reid Wilson writes: "School library spaces are changing, as is the language we intentionally use to open these conceptual shifts. Despite the evolution of concepts and vocabulary, the one thing that remains constant is a school library’s focus on optimizing learning. The graphic above does not seek to be mutually exclusive in language, but rather situationally inclusive as we reframe and redefine the potential that can exist within school libraries in the 21st century." 
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Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Carolyn Foote provides this infographic to share with district and school level administrators.
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OER Commons is a dynamic digital library and network. Explore open education resources and join our network of educators dedicated to curriculum improvement.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Find some great sites here that will help teachers use OER in the classroom, then demonstrate at the next staff meeting!
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Stony Evans writes: There are numerous Future Ready components that we can strive to provide for our learning communities through our library services. In fact, if we could aspire to show evidence in each of these areas, we would have an exemplary school library program. In our school library program at Lakeside High School, we still have several components that need growth. It is a continuous cycle of improvement. We never arrive, but we must always strive to improve."
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Stony Evans gives a great analysis of his library programming. I am looking at what we do in our library to see which of the Future Ready areas we're making progress in and which we need to address. Having the Future Ready information at hand to support my requests for our remodel really helped!
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New project highlights critical role school librarians play in supporting Future Ready goals.
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Rutgers University in New Jersey has launched its Open and Affordable Textbook Project, which offers grants to faculty or department groups that switch to free, low-cost or open alternatives to traditional textbooks.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Incentives work!
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Mark Ray is changing the conversation from "shh..." to "How can I help your with technology?" Mark has helped to overhaul libraries in Vancouver Public Schools.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
After listening to Edweb.net's webinar on Future Ready Librarians with Michelle Luhtala, I looked up the other participants and found Mark's TedEdX talk. Two takeaways that stuck with me: Librarians must work to show they have value beyond the library, and that Future Ready librarians are already out there, so find them and borrow (and share) ideas! One place to find them--this Facebook group.
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"OpenEd, the leading K-12 educational resource library, offers over a million assessments, homework assignments, videos, games, and lesson plans aligned to standards including Next Generation Science, Common Core Math and English Language Arts, TEKS, and many more. We think teachers should be able to find any online resource they need, all in one place, and all organized by what is most effective for students. We also think assessments and homework should be graded automatically to save teachers time. Plus, we sprinkle some OpenEd magic on our resources- for every question a student misses, OpenEd returns a hand-picked, targeted video or game to help the student master that specific concept. That's instant, personalized remediation to help save teachers time!"
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
The site is searchable by subject, and most resources can be assigned to Google Classroom. There are assessment sheets which can be assigned within Classroom as well. Lots to explore, but I did see a few older resources that needed updating, so be aware.
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Curiosity Films' students have been studying copyright and Creative Commons licenses. We've spent time analyzing which licenses are "Free Culture"…
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Kristina Peters shared this at our Go Open Summit in Vista.
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Carolyn Foote writes: "We need to work on this faster. It’s really past time to stop deferring our own growth because every year we wait, students are passing through our hands who might have benefitted even more from our work. The Department of Education has opened a giant door for librarians in the Future Ready conversation–now we need to walk through that door (if we haven’t already) and get on board."
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Trust Carolyn to sum it all up for us. This post is a great starting point for setting your own Future Ready goals!
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Libraries become a different kind of learning destination when schools reimagine them as open, transparent spaces that invite student communication and collaboration.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
My favorite part, bolded and in italics: "When every student has the potential to carry a global library on the device in his or her pocket, the role of physical libraries may become even more important, not just a place to house resources, but one in which to create meaning from them."
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Some older posts hold up well (and two years is a long time ago in the Future Ready world!) Take some time to explore this infographic. I view the concepts as not either/or, but yes/and. As Beth Holland states in her post on library commons, "Instead of looking at technology as supplanting the traditional, we could explore the ways in which it enhances the traditional." (Emphasis added.) This really helped me with my niggling annoyance that the Future Ready Librarian framework doesn't mention what I feel is a fundamental role of a school librarian: to help every student see herself as a reader. I know that when we read the framework, we all see ways to promote books and encourage reading, but I just wish it were more explicitly stated.